Weber kettles and gas grills and WSM vertical smokers have been a mainstay of this board for years and a lot of our members here own one. (I've owned 4 and Steven himself currently owns several. )

Due to popular demand, once again the moderators have added this thread for you Weber grill owners. Besides - we figured that since we have a CharGriller thread, a UDS / homemade barrel cooker thread, and now a BGE / Kamado thread, we couldn't leave out Weber.

Feel free to post pics of your new grill, modifications, accessories, comments, or anything else Weber or WSM--related here. Think of this as a "CharGriller Family" thread for Weber grills and smokers.

Enjoy!

Unlike propane, you'll never wake up scorched and naked in another county because you mishandled a bag of briquettes.

Thanks Guy, well my Oklahoma Joe's side fire box has had it so I will need to replace in the near future. I was looking at the new 22.5" Weber Smokey Mountain as a major contender. I'm thinking will all that space plus my Weber Rotisserie, I would make quite the feast. On a side note, I want to play more with my Caja China this year, just did a practice run last year.

Upon returning from BBQ U and dreaming about all those fabulous grills and smokers I was seriously considering buying a new smoker. I looked at the WSM and the Pit Barrel Cooker and a few others. Then I remembered Steve's shoes versus new smoker ratio of 5:1. My wife likes the expensive stuff. After the shoes there's not much left for a new cooker. So I went out to the back yard and fondly looked at my old Weber kettle and remembered what my grandpa once said to me. He said, son, you can tell a skilled craftsman by his tools. They are not new or fancy but he knows how to use them to to get his job done. So I fired up the old Weber and made the best damned ribs ever and I didn't have to buy any shoes. Now that's a win-win.

If you ever get to the point you feel ready for a new smoker check Craigslist out, I know it can be a crap shoot sometimes but then again you just might get lucky and find a WSM or even a BGE for a good price. In my neck of the woods you rarely see either but when they do come up they don't last long and in most cases for about half to a third less than new.

I have a 7 or 8 year old Weber Performer. I have noticed rust at the weld points on the tops handle and where the tabs that hold the coal grate are welded to the base. The rust even shows on the outside. Weber replaced the bottom kettle two years ago but the rust is back. Is there something I can do to prevent this?

You could try carefully removing the rust and then applying some high-heat furnace/fireplace paint. It's just light surface rust, right?

There's also a Rustoleum product called a "rust remover" that converts rust into a primer. It seems to only be for surface rust, but you could try spraying it and then coating the parts again with high-heat paint. I'm experimenting with this stuff on my Outlaw's side firebox and I'll post results.

Unlike propane, you'll never wake up scorched and naked in another county because you mishandled a bag of briquettes.